Trump’s Bay Of Pigs

January 31, 2017

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New presidents make a lot of rookie mistakes. We may have just seen Trump’s most memorable one.
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How Important Are Presidential Debates?

October 3, 2012

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Mitt Romney staked a lot on the debates that begin tonight. He may be misreading history.
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Yes You Are

September 7, 2012

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Democrats are taking a risk by telling voters who think they are not better off than four years ago that they’re wrong.
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In The Biggest Races, How Big Is A Veep Candidate?

August 13, 2012

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In the biggest presidential races, how big a factor is the selection of a vice presidential candidate?
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When ‘Moderate’ Becomes An Insult

March 1, 2012

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As Santorum might say, ‘Extremism in the defense of chastity is no vice.’ But extremism does not win elections.
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Restoring The National Mojo

October 26, 2011

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American confidence has dimmed for many reasons, but it’s not vanishing completely any time soon.
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Prosperity By Decree

August 15, 2011

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Exactly 40 years ago, the president of the United States turned the economic world upside down in a prime-time televised speech. But you can’t decree prosperity, at least not for very long.
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It Isn’t Always The Victors Who Write History

April 11, 2011

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It turns out the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon was not an unfounded smear manufactured by Democrats, …
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Look, Mom — I’m A Gay Republican Now

December 30, 2009

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If being a Democrat can run in families, it runs in mine. My parents were one generation removed from Ellis …
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